Tim Southommasane's The Australian Model

In the Australian Model, author Tim Southommasane touches upon the idea of

multiculturism in Australia. The reading starts out with Southommasane describing fond

memories of his home town, Carbramatta, a suburb of Sydney which at one point

served as the nation’s drug capitol. Southommasane relates a sense of pride of having

grown up in a town that represents such a cultural melting pot. The Cabramatta freedom

gate currently bears a number of incriptions, all in English, Chinese, Vietnamese and

Lao that constitute ideas of freedom and democracy. Today, Cabrammatta serves as a

success story of Australian multicultural integration. Gone are the days of gang violence

and drugs, instead, the streets of Cabramatta are neatly lined